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Tag Archives: 80s
Looking at 4 of the not so greats of the late 80s
But you gotta love them anyway—or at least, have them in your DVD collection if you’re an 80s fanatic like me. It’s time to look at obscurities Bates Motel, The Undertaker, Night Feeder, and Prime Evil. BATES MOTEL (1987) … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bates Motel, Night Feeder, Prime Evil, slashers, supernatural, The Undertaker
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80s slasher spoofs: Pandemonium vs. Wacko!
Along with other horror spoofs of the 80s: Transylvania Twist, Saturday the 14th, National Lampoon’s Class Reunion, Student Bodies, Haunted Honeymoon, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark…there were 1982 goodies Pandemonium and Wacko. They’re quite similar in that they both take on … Continue reading
4 decades, 4 urban horrors
As usual, I can’t just feel a little pain and walk away. So after watching 2 urban horror flix from my collection, I decided to expand this blog to include an urban horror flick from each of the past 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, demons, horror anthologies, slashers, Tales from the Quadead Zone, Urban Cannibal Massacre, Urban Massacre, Urban Menace
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Son of a witch! Witchcraft came from the 80s…and just won’t die
I was working in the video store back in the late 80s when Witchcraft (1988) hit the shelves. I was on the verge of leaving my teen years behind to become a man, so the sinister satanic sacrificial cover art … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, witchcraft, Witchcraft II: The Temptress
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Kevin Tenney: in the wake of the great demon incident
I was the guy my boss turned to back in the 80s when the horror movie screeners arrived at our video store—it was my job to watch them and let him know if they were worth buying for the store … Continue reading
Posted in Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, aliens, Arrival II, creature feature, ghosts, supernatural, The Cellar, The Second Arrival, witches, Witchtrap
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Digging through the 80s horror obscurities
Still chipping away at my ultimate goal to eventually blog about every movie in my personal collection, excluding major horror flicks – unless I find something new to say about them that hasn’t been said ad nauseam by every diehard … Continue reading
Posted in The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, creature feature, ghosts, Night of the Demons, Shadow Play, Sister Sister, slashers, supernatural, Truth Or Dare?: A Critical Madness
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The queen that hated scream queens made them too scared to scream
Ah, the 80s. The decade when even respected veteran actors like Mike “Mannix” Connors got in on the slasher craze. But Connors wasn’t going to get chased around on Halloween or hacked up by a guy in a hockey mask. … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, gay horror, slashers, Too Scared To Scream
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I’ll have the Xtro, hold the Xtra Xtros
Ah, Xtro. One of those drug trips I took as a teen just by watching cable. I miss the 80s, when the shit that happened in a movie could make absolutely no sense yet bombard my young mind, heart, soul, … Continue reading
Women losing their minds…and heads…in the early 80s
Ladies of the 80s sure did have their sanity tested, especially when they starred in the last movies left on the video store shelves on a Friday night. For instance, you might get stuck with these three films if you … Continue reading
The rest of Vincent Price in the 80s
The king of horror left his mark on the 1980s simply by leaving his mark on the title track from the king of pop’s massive album Thriller. But he also continued to appear in horror flicks, most of which I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Johnny You ARE Queer - Gay Thoughts, Living in the 80s - forever, Movie Times & Television Schedules - Staying Entertained, Scared Silly - Horror Comedy, The Evil of the Thriller - Everything Horror
Tagged 1980s, 80s, Bloodbath at the House of Death, Escapes, gay horror, horror anthologies, horror comedies, occult, slashers, Vincent Price
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